I'm sure that you've all seen the news these past couple days. I am saddened for Charlottesville, the mudslide in Sierra Leone, and the unrest, turmoil, blame, and self-seeking so entrenched in people's hearts. Like David in Psalm 52, we cry out to God. We remember that his steadfast love endures forever, and that without Jesus our redeemer, we are poor, needy, lost, and dead in our sins. Praying for you today to be a peacemaker and reconcile-er, at home or work or school (or online), for His precious name's sake - and to be at peace, knowing that He never leaves or forsakes.

If you're interested in leading this year, please email us at jhsph.phcf@gmail.com - We will meet at Hampton House cafe on Thursday 8/17 at 12:15pm to plan for the beginning of the year. Shawn and Teresa covet your prayer and company!

You are welcome to join us at any/all of our recurring gatherings:- Lunch meetings on Wednesdays at 12:15pm in Room W2033 (contact PHCF)- Small group on Mondays at 7:30pm in the 929 Apartments (contact Esther)- Writing Accountability Group (i.e. study group) on Fridays at 4pm (contact Teresa)Helpful links: PHCF facebook group | PHCF website | map/list of local churches

Our friends at the Johns Hopkins International Fellowship invite you to join them for their annual hiking trip to Harpers Ferry, WV, on Saturday August 26. Rides available from JHMI, Homewood, Downtown, and Mount Vernon - departing at 12:30pm (and returning after dinner). Plenty of time for hiking/exploring the great outdoors (and a beautiful historic town), and fellowship and bonding. (This is the weekend between summer and first term, so perfect timing for an adventure!) Register here!

2. Job opportunities

The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities has a paid fall internship available: learn more here.

Registration is up and running for this year’s Global Missions Health Conference. (What is GMHC? It's like Urbana, for health care students/professionals, community development workers, public health practitioners, and more!). Register HERE and join us in Louisville, KY, on November 9-11 for a time of learning, growing, and being encouraged by others in the healthcare missions field. (Email Teresa at jhsph.phcf@gmail.com if you are going/interested, and we can organize transportation and request free student housing as a group!)

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)

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We encourage you to consider submitting an essay to the Spirituality and Public Health 2016 Student Essay Contest. This is a newly launched annual national contest organized by faculty from many SPHs that include Berkeley, Hopkins, Maryland, and others. More than 3000 empirical studies have been published on spirituality, religion and health, and you are invited to write about what this might mean for Public Health. Prizes are $1000 (1st), $600 (2nd), and $300 (3rd). Please share with your friends here or at other SPHs via email, Facebook, or other social media, and visit the contest website for more information or to upload your submitted essay: http://www.spirituality-public-health-essay.com/
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